Solid state with moving parts lol
Oh hey, they saw the LTT video
What a misleading title
Save you the click - Apple’s not making it and it’s not solid state.
The two black blocks in that image are small tunnels that use vibrating membranes instead of fans to push air through like a regular cooling system, they just choose to call them solid state and ‘chips’ for marketing reasons.
The inventor is touting it to all OEM’s but none have big yet, so he’s taken a Dremel to a MacBook Air and fitted them himself to show it can work.
There’s no third party expert analysis in the article. There’s nothing to say it’s bullshit, but the creator’s actions feel very snake oil
It’s not snake oil, but it’s also not very practical in this state. It would probably take millions in R&D before it actually goes anywhere
Feels like it’s the first article written by a person who actually read and comprehended the specs and not only ate up frore’s marketing materials and reported still high on emotions. Finally this cooling’s high power consumption aspect is raised in the media.
Still, the battery draw of the active cooling chips is a concern. The Verge’s Hollister said that he saw three AirJet Minis “consume over 5 W from the MacBook’s USB-C port, and the AirJet-equipped MacBook Air (obviously) drained far faster than the power-throttled fanless one.” The AirJet Minis would only kick on when needed and can draw as little as 0.1-0.2 W when idle, Frore claims. But ultralight laptops don’t have a lot of wiggle room with battery life.
In the current state, but throw some of Apple’s famous R&D money at it and they could probably get power consumption down and only turn it on under high load. I see this going into a macbook pro, rather than the air though